Legal Dispute Hampers Dark Night of the Soul Release

Thanks to "an ongoing dispute with EMI," it turns out the Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse album part of the Dark Night of the Soul package-- which also includes a book of photographs by David Lynch-- will not get an official release, a spokesperson for Danger Mouse told the Tripwire. "Danger Mouse is unable to release the recorded music for Dark Night of The Soul without fear of being sued by EMI."

According to the Tripwire report, the CD/book is still coming out, but the CD will be a blank CD-R with the following label: "For Legal Reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will."

Of course, this isn't the first time Danger Mouse has had problems with EMI-- there was that whole Grey Album thing. But considering the Dark Night of the Soul album is already out there for everyone to hear, the legal wrangling seems like another awful public relations move for the major label music industry.

The statement from Danger Mouse's spokesperson quoted by the Tripwire concludes, "Danger Mouse remains hugely proud of Dark Night of the Soul and hopes that people lucky enough to hear the music, by whatever means, are as excited by it as he is."